Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg summoned to court in IranMay 27, 2014 - 18:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned to court in Iran to answer allegations that Instagram and WhatsApp violate users' privacy, Digital Spy reported. Although the entrepreneur is unlikely to attend the hearing as there is no extradition agreement between Iran and the US, both apps are said to have been blocked in the territory as a result of the dispute. The report came to light via local news agency ISNA, naming paramilitary Basij force official Ruhollah Momen Nasab as its source. "According to the court's ruling, the Zionist director of the company of Facebook, or his official attorney must appear in court to defend himself and pay for possible losses," he is quoted as saying. The news follows word that another Iranian court had ordered the blocking of Instagram over privacy concerns, but reports from the capital city of Tehran suggest it is still accessible. Fellow social networks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are already blocked in Iran. Photo: AP Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |